Pokémon: Master System.

Xia Yu then recounted his battle with Anthony. After hearing about how Gallade disobeyed commands and fell into a disadvantageous situation, and how it ultimately managed to trade one life for another in a thrilling fight, Su Mu nodded repeatedly.

It was already quite an achievement to be able to command two Pokémon that didn't belong to you to this extent in that situation.

"You did a great job. The Pokémon Association will give you a big commendation this time," Su Mu praised.

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Just then, several figures flew in from the sky. It was Team Charizard from the Pokémon Association, Lin Xueyang, and Long Yanning.

The group landed in the forbidden area. Lin Xueyang and Long Yanning saw that Xia Yu was safe and sound and Su Mu was standing to the side. Their hearts were finally at ease.

"King Su, I'm so sorry to trouble you with protecting Xiaoyu." Uncle Lin Xueyang walked to Xia Yu's side and said gratefully to King Su.

"You don't need to thank me. It was Xia Yu who held off Anthony and saved two pseudo-legendary Pokémon."

"Xia Yu held off Anthony?" Lin Xueyang, the younger brother, and Long Yanning were filled with disbelief. Anthony was a famous Elite Four level trainer, and his signature Blastoise had the strength of a near-champion. How could Xia Yu hold him off? Lin Xueyang couldn't help but be a little doubtful.

"Okay." Su Mu nodded and said to Xia Yu, "Tell everyone about your experience again."

"Okay," Xia Yu replied.

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Chapter 153 The Secret on Waste Paper

Accompanied by Teacher Long, Xia Yu went to his dormitory to pack his things. He didn't really care because he didn't have anything valuable in his dormitory. Surely no one would steal his personal clothes?

Meanwhile, Lin Xueyang, the younger brother, and Su Mu stayed in the forbidden area to oversee the cleanup. Fortunately, the Dawn Society's attack was aimed at the forbidden area, and it didn't cause too many casualties. Although they lost a pseudo-legendary Pokémon egg, at least no one was hurt.

Before parting ways with his uncle, Lin Xueyang, Xia Yu's uncle pulled Xia Yu aside and gave him some instructions.

"Xia Yu, after discussing it with King Su, we've decided to temporarily entrust that precious dragon to you for safekeeping and care. Because of the attack on the Dragon-type Secret Realm, the Pokémon Association has decided to suspend the distribution and collection of pseudo-legendary and Dragon-type Pokémon in the Imperial Capital Dragon-type Secret Realm. The resumption time will be announced later. This precious dragon will need your care for a while longer. Although it will be quite expensive, as a member of the Lin family, you should contribute more to the Pokémon Association and shoulder more responsibility. You'll have to take a loss on this expense; how about that, no objections?"

As he spoke, his uncle winked at Xia Yu. Even if Xia Yu was slow to understand, he could still pick up on the underlying meaning in his uncle's words.

“No problem, I’ll take care of the baby dragon,” Xia Yu replied.

For now, Xia Yu will be entrusted with its safekeeping and care. If things go well, the word "entrusted" can be removed.

Xia Yu has performed a great service this time, preserving the eggs of two pseudo-legendary Pokémon and successfully stalling Anthony. With such merit, plus the fact that Xia Yu originally had a spot in the national selection, winning this Pokémon is practically a certainty.

Su Mu had also taken this into consideration, and went along with it, deciding to hand the Pokémon over to Xia Yu. Of course, there was another reason for his decision: Xia Yu's qualities as a trainer meant that capturing the Pokémon wouldn't bury its talent.

The association's members are too old, and long-term control of power has led to corruption and decadence. The Pokémon Association needs a large influx of fresh blood.

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Back in his dormitory, Xia Yu found his room in complete disarray, ransacked and in a mess, as Su Mu's Serpent Lord had unleashed Leaf Storm, leaving the entire room severely damaged.

Xia Yu stepped over the fallen wooden plank and went inside, only to find that several of her privately kept novels with explosive content had been dug out, and the photo of herself and Teacher Long that was tucked inside the novels was also gone.

"How could these people even steal photos?"

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Xia Yu seemed to realize something and immediately turned her gaze to the trash can next to her, only to find that the waste paper in her trash can had also been taken away!

Xia Yu slumped to the ground. The thought of the secret he had written down on those scraps of paper made his eyes lose their light. It's all over. Why didn't that person go to the forbidden area? Why did he come to his dormitory to rummage through the trash?

Moreover, he even deliberately erased what he had written with a pen and carefully tore it into pieces. How could that person still be found?!

How to do?

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Meanwhile, inside a secluded laboratory, a mysterious middle-aged man was analyzing something he had retrieved from Xia Yu's trash can.

"These are the things we brought back." The mysterious middle-aged man, who possessed the strength of an Elite Four level trainer, stood respectfully to the side and handed the photo of Xia Yu and Long Yanning to the person sitting in the chair: "A photo of Xia Yu and Long Yanning. He has a shiny Dragapult Messia."

"He also has a sparkling Charmeleon."

"This lizard king is also of very high quality."

"........."

The middle-aged man stood to the side reporting, and the person in the chair nodded from time to time: "I understand. What about these scraps of paper? What's written on them?"

"I can only see the first few words: Lizard King, Failure, Experiment." The middle-aged man said seriously, "Because of the word 'experiment,' I specifically brought these papers back."

"Good job, well done," the person sitting in the chair praised.

Just then, a researcher in the lab spoke up: "The analysis results are in."

"bring here."

"This..." The researcher looked troubled, but finally gritted his teeth and handed over the paper.

"Let me see it," the person sitting in the chair said.

"it is good."

"Lizard King, Failure, Experiment." Looking at these titles, the person in the chair smiled. It seemed this was Xia Yu's new experiment, related to the Lizard King?

With a sense of curiosity, I looked down and saw that below the large characters were densely packed small characters.

Young men don't know the value of rich women and mistakenly take young girls for treasures.

Young people don't know the fragrance of soft rice, and mistakenly plant their youth upside down.

He went back to find the rich woman, but she had already run away.

Rich women are good, rich women are fragrant, rich women are a ray of light in the darkness.

If the rich woman seizes the opportunity, she can move into a large villa overnight.

———《The Rich Woman's Game Theory》by Xia Yu

Xia Yu even drew a picture with a pencil, and it looked about seven or eight parts similar to Xiao Wanyu.

The mysterious middle-aged man and the person sitting in the chair were dumbfounded when they saw what Xia Yu had written. Then, their anger surged to their heads.

"Wait, this is only the first page. There are two more pages to come. Don't rush."

The two then turned to the second page, where they saw what was written there.

"Nine out of ten lolis are rich, and the tenth is exceptionally rich."

"........."

The two skipped over the following content, and finally glanced at Xia Yu's second painting. Hmm, it was seven or eight parts similar to Su Muzi's. Then they quickly turned to the third page.

"Mature women have three good things: drinking, taking baths, and dating younger men."

"........."

The last painting is clearly of Long Yanning, tall and flat.

The two men sat in silence, staring at the three paintings for several breaths. If there were cigarettes nearby, they wouldn't mind having one.

"Xia Yu!"

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Xia Yu slumped to the ground. Some people were alive, but he was already dead; some people were dead, but he was still alive. He didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

He should still be alive physically, but he is dead on a social level.

Why? Why would anyone steal something like this? Xia Yu now only hopes that the thief won't distribute it around.

No! (Background music should play here: snowflakes falling, north wind howling, the world a vast expanse of white.)

Xia Yu was quite cautious. He never kept a diary, nor would he write down secrets like his Mega Evolution. However, he would occasionally write some outrageous things. Little did he know that one slip would lead to eternal regret.

His eternal fame!

Looking at Xia Yu's dejected appearance, Long Yanning frowned, her face filled with curiosity.

Xia Yu was not injured, and he even temporarily took in a precious dragon, so why was he in so much pain?

Speaking of this, Long Yanning couldn't help but say, "Xia Yu, next time you encounter a Champion-level trainer like Anthony, you should just hide and stop trying to show off."

Xia Yu was speechless. "That's what I was thinking too, but other people's true energy blasts have already come my way."

"I understand," Xia Yu replied, then her mind drifted to the few scraps of paper that had been taken from her. What if they got out, especially if they reached Xiao Tianwang's eyes?

"What's wrong, Xia Yu?" Long Yanning asked, seeing Xia Yu's worried expression. "Did you lose something very important?"

Could Xia Yu say it? Of course, Xia Yu couldn't say it, so she could only say, "Our group photo is lost."

Seeing Xia Yu's pained expression, Long Yanning blushed slightly and couldn't help but comfort him, "It's just a photo, don't be so sad. We can always take another one next time. Didn't you also tame a baby dragon? It's time to update your collection."

"Okay." Xia Yu's face still showed pain, but who could know the pain in his heart?

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Chapter 154 Side Quest

As night fell, due to safety and accommodation concerns, Xia Yu returned to the Lin family home with Lin Xueyang.

Grandpa Lin and Grandpa Qin, who hadn't seen their grandson for a long time, stayed up all night waiting for the two to return. When they saw Xia Yu return, their eyes were filled with worry. They pulled Xia Yu aside and asked him all sorts of questions until half an hour later before going back to their room to rest.

After eating something, Xia Yu returned to the house, lay on the bed, and first opened the two Mega Evolution Stones he had bought online. Judging from their appearance, one of the Mega Evolution Stones was for Houndoom, and the other was for Pidgeot.

This result left Xia Yu slightly disappointed. The Charizard evolution stone he had been longing for was still nowhere to be found, and now that he had an extra Beast Dragon, he still needed to collect the Salamence Mega Evolution Stone.